Articles – Scenes in the History of Dowsing

By Richard Benishai

Figure 1: 1556 and 1617 – looking for minerals and treasures


1693 : Jacques Aymar

Figure 2: 1693 – looking for water and criminal



1704 – la recherche de l'eau avec un aimant

Figure 3: 1704 – looking for water with magnets


Le prêtre Mermet (1866-1937)

Figure 4: Mermet (a priest) 1866-1937


 Paris - 1900 : la radiesthésie en tant que passe-temps

Figure 5: Popularity of dowsing, in Paris – 1900


Un congrès de sourciers - 1913

Figure 6: Dowsing Congress – 1913


1910 - Radiesthésie en Algérie

Figure 7: 1910 – in Algeria


Le disque Bourdoux

Le disque Bourdoux

Pendule Bonhomme

Dowsing Bonhomme

La radiesthésie appliquée à la médecine.

Figure 8: Applying dowsing to medicine..

All types of tools bring dowsing to recognition at the 1939 Congress, as a diagnostic and prescription tool